Legal background
- The Act amends the following legislation:
- Section 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, which confers stop and search powers on the police.
- Sections 14, 14ZA and 14A of the Public Order Act 1986, which makes provision for chief police officers to impose conditions on public assemblies or one-person protests and prohibit trespassory assemblies where certain conditions are met.
- Section 15 of the Public Order Act 1986, which makes provision for chief officers of police to delegate certain functions in relation to the imposition of conditions on processions or assemblies and the prohibition of trespassory assemblies.
- Section 14 of the Planning Act 2008, which defines nationally significant infrastructure projects.
- Section 379 of the Sentencing Code, which signposts other behaviour orders etc. available on conviction (in this case to Serious Disruption Prevention Orders provided for in Part 2 of the Act).
- Section 3 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (functions of the Director of Public Prosecutions) to include conduct of applications for serious disruption prevention orders on conviction on the list of duties of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
